Lightning Is the Only Way

None of the Kings were sure how to even react to this current situation. The Red King supported Gravis' claim of power? Yet, how was that even possible!? He was a level three Lord!

None of the Kings dared to say anything and just waited for the Empress' judgment on this matter.

Meanwhile, the Empress looked at the Red King and then at Gravis.

WHOOOM!

Her pride came out of her body and concentrated entirely on Gravis. None of the other beasts, except the white ape, noticed what the Empress was doing. The pride washed over Gravis with more power than before, but he had already experienced this. Without waiting another second, he released his Will-Aura to withstand the feeling of pride.

Yet, the feeling was many times stronger than before, and Gravis had to use the entirety of his concentration to keep his Will-Aura steady. His Will-Aura deformed into multiple shapes as the pride pressed into it.

Some seconds later, the feeling of pride became even more powerful, and Gravis had to grit his teeth. He wasn't willing to admit her superiority and accept her as his ruler.

The other beasts looked at Gravis and wondered why he looked so distressed right now. What was going on with him?

The power increased more, but just before Gravis' Will-Aura broke, it vanished. Of course, Gravis knew why that was. The Empress was only testing him.

After all of this had passed, the Empress showed an interested smirk. To her, it was incredibly interesting that a Lord was able to withstand so much of her pressure. She realized that Gravis had some peculiar techniques and powers. After all, the other Kings didn't even notice her pride, while he was able to withstand it. Of course, she hadn't used her full power.

your name?" she asked

couldn't believe what was happening. The Empress only asked the names of beasts she found worthy. She didn't

said directly with some spite in his voice. Withstanding the Empress' pressure felt to him like she was trying

he heard Gravis' tone. This beast was even ready to show disrespect to the Empress! He only hoped that

Empress and even sounded like a rebellious prisoner. Not even the beasts that were ready to die dared to

mused with a grin. It had been a while since someone had talked to her that way. Usually, she would just kill the offending beast. After all, if

her power and still dared to talk to her in this tone. Other Emperors on her level or above her level also acted like this, but they were Emperors. It was wholly different when a Lord did

Gravis heard his name spoken by her, his whole body shook. To him, it felt like the Empress' power had been fully released and pressed down on him.

emotions and body finally realized that an impossibly powerful beast had taken note of him. Earlier, it had still felt like they were in two different worlds, but now, it felt like her power came into

one of the seven beasts beside you to be your opponent," the Empress said. "If you win, you will become

would be able to fight three levels above himself, they understood the Empress' reasoning. If Gravis' claim proved to be true, it would be a waste of time for their candidates

fight one of the level five Lords after that. These level four Lords aren't even a challenge," Gravis said evenly like it was

beasts exploded in rage. This arrogant little level three Lord said that these outstanding contestants weren't even a challenge. Did this little shit's arrogance

wasn't that he thought that Gravis couldn't win against such a level five Lord. It was just that putting his life on the line

also knew that he wasn't ready to understand a new Law yet, but he had

now, Gravis' Will-Aura was more powerful than ever before when compared to his

five Lords that were a genuine challenge were these incredible candidates. As soon as he killed one of them, he wouldn't be able to temper himself anymore for a while.

Gravis would be able to fight a King when he would reach the power of a level five Lord. Yet, Gravis didn't want that. He wanted to fight one when he was a level four Lord. For that,

the Empress grew more interested in him. It was already hard to believe that he could kill a powerful participant one level above him, but he even dared to go

was even a bit confused as she realized that Gravis wasn't ready to learn a new Law. Just like the Red King, the Empress was also able